Another from the 70s rock opera Judas Nefarious . In this song , Lilith responds to Judas ' complaint about being cast to Hell. Lilith, of course, was Adam's first wife, not the character in Cheers nor a music festival. Her basic message: They placed you on a path But you could refuse it! You could have refused it! You could have refused it! She explains how she refused: I was first into the garden Lo those many years ago But I went straight for the apple tree No God can tell ME no! Then He decreed that I would be Subservient to man But I decreed I had no need For patriarchy's plan! And lest Judas note the irony: I know what you're thinking, sitting there That my path led to hell But in case you haven't noticed, bub, You're down here as well! You could have held your head up high And foresworn that wretched act But you ducked your head and took the bread And everything's farkakt Such a shanda ! Too bad he hung himself ! Er, tripped in a ...